Car-door.



No. 872,167. PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907.

P. W. BURWELL.

GAR DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED F131;.16, 1907.

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To all whom it may concern: j

' its use,convenient1y TRIED w. BURWEL or GENEVA, 01110.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. 26, 1907.

Application filed February 16.1907. Serial No. 357,693.

Be a known that I, FRED wzs wme a citizen of the United States, residing at Geneva, in the county of Ashtabula. andv 5 State of Dhio','h'ave invented new and useful whi he Injilprovements in Car-Doors, of f0 is a specification. I v This, ventlon relates to car d0ors,;and

the object thereof is to provide, in a manner 10,

ashereinafter. set forth, a'oar door designed for use on railway freight refrigerator, grain, or ventilator cars, or. or other purpjorses forw'hich it is found ap' lic ab1e,'and to ther providea door for sue purpose with means in a manner as hereinafter referred .tolwhereby the door is supported perma- 'nent at its top and bottom whether the door in a opening or en shifted to a front or to one side of the opemn 1 A further object of the invention is to provide acar door in a manner as hereinafter setforth with a supporting means embodyshifting element which when 0 erated in a will swingthe door clear of or at the out of thecar door openingso that the door can be readily shifte providing for the permanently supporting of the door at the bottom to revent the swing- .ing of: the'lower end of t e door when the latter is shifted to a position at the front of the car door opening or to one side of said '.The invention further aims to provide a door which shall be extremely simple in vits construction, stro durable, eflicient in iziifted, readily set up,

and comparatively inexpensive to manu- With' the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel constrnctien, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and ilhistrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that. changes, variations, and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto ppe ed- In. describing the invention in detail, reference had to the accompanying draw lngs wherein like reference characters denote views, and in WhlOh corresponding throughout the several plosition for closing the car door position at the to one side of the opening to I enable access to-the car, said means further --Figur e 1 is a side view of a car door in accordance with this invention showing the same in position of closing the car door openm Fig. 2 is a like view showing the door s ifted from closing position. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sectional views showing, respectively,"the door in osition in the car door. opening and the 001 when shifted clear of the opening;

In the drawings t e door as shown is what is termed a flushvdoor, butit is evident that the door can be an outside one.

Referring vto the drawings by reference characters, 1 denotes the side of a ear broken away 'at each end 'andwhich is provided with a car door openin .2 adapted to be closed by the door 3, t e latter, when in closin position having its outer face flush with 318 outer face of the side of the car.

Secured to the side of the car at the top thereof so as to have a portion arranged over the opening 2- "and the remaining portion projecting to one side of the top of the opening is an upper guide-rail 4 whichis supported by the brackets'5, 6, and 7 and secured in osition by the clamping nuts 8. The lirackets 5, 6, and 7 not only constitute ,a support for the upper guide rail 4 but also act as stops for hmitingthe shifting movement of the door in either direction 3 that is to say, when the door is swung to closing po-' sition, the brackets 5 and 6 act as a means to prevent the shifting-of the door past the car door opening in one direction, and,-when the dooris shifted away from the car door 0pening, the brackets 6 and merit.

7 limit such move- Secured to the sideof the car door'at the bottom thereof so as to have a portion thereof positioned below the opening 2 and the remaining portion to one sldeof the opening is a lower guide-rail 9iwhich is supported by the brackets 10, 11, and 12 and secured in osition}; by the clamping nuts 13. The bracketslO, 11, and 12 are of less len th than the brackets 5, 6, 7 so that the gui e rail 9 will be supported at a less distance from the sideof the car than the guide rail 4.

The door 3 is suspended from the guide-' rail 4 through the medium of a suspension bail having a longitudinally extendin por-- out' tion 14 anda pair of upwardly, an wardly' extending end portions 15, so as to form the suspension ball of a substantial U- shape. The end portions 15 of the suspension bail are apertured so that the bail can be loosely mounted upon the guide-rail 4. It

wi ill also be noted that'the terminals-l5 are connected to guide rail e at a point to one side of the door 3. The longitudinally extending portion of the suspension bail is piv otally connected to the outer face of the door 3 through the medium of the keepers 16, 17

and the said longitudinally extending poris connected to the door 3.

The lower end of the door 8 is supported upon the guide-rail 9 through the medium of a supporting bail formed of a longitudinally extending portion 19 and a pair of outwardly depending portions 20 By such Construction the supporting bad is of inverted U-shape. The depending portions 2O are of less length than the end portions of the suspension bail and apertured so as to loosely mount the supporting bail upon the: guide rail 9. The longitudinally extending portion 19 is pivotally connected to the outer face of the door 3 by the keepers 20 and 21, and surrounding said longitudinally extending portion 19 ap 'roximately centrally thereof is a collar 22 w 'ch is suitably fixed to the longitudinally extending portion 19 and formed with a protuberance 23 which extends in the bifurcated end 24 of a shifting arm 25 for the ,su orting bail. The protuberance 23 is ivotall y connected to the bifurcated end of t e arm 25, as at 26.

The collar 22 also acts as a means to prevent the sup orting bail from longitudinallyv shifting t rough the keepers 20 and 21. The shifting arm 25 is formed with an openin '27 adapted to take over a staple 28' secured to the car door3, and through the staple 28 a suitable retaining pin 29 may extend so as to secure the arm 25 in an upright position. The in 29 may be carried by a' chain 30 secure to the car door 3, as at 31. Other means, however, of securing the arm 25 in an upright position can be employed than that as shown.

It will be evident that, owing to the connecting of the top of the door to the guiderail by the suspension bail and the support ing of the bottom of the door upon the guiderail 9 by the supporting bail when the door is swung clear of the opening 2 and shifted to one side of said opening, the bottom of the door will be prevented from swinging wardly or outwardly so as not to batter the side wall of the car or injure the door.

It will be assumed that the door is inthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and it is'desired to remove it from such position. The

. retaining pin 29 is released and the arm 25 pulled in a direction away from the door,

which will rock the supporting bail upon the guide-railv 9 and cause such bail and the suspension bail to assume the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4; consequently moving the door to a position in front and clear of the car door 0 ening; the door can then be shifted upon t e guide-rails 4t and 9 to the position shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to close the-door, it is moved fromthe position shown in Fig. 2 to a point in front of the car door opening 3 the arm 25 is then swung towards the door, which will rock the supporting bail inwardly and cause the door to assume the position shown in Figs. land 3.

It is obvious .that a door suspended inaccordancewith this invention may be adjusted angularly, as shown in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings. If occasion requires, the position of the door disclosed in Fig. 4 may be reversed, that is, the lower end of the door will engage the sill and the upper end will bedisposed at an angle so as to leave a small opening between the door and the frame of the car.

' What I claim is: v v

4 1. The combination with a car having a door-opening and a door adapted to be seated in said opening, of a air'of guide rails, one arranged above and the other below the door opening, the guide rail above the open-- ing supported at a greater distance from the.

car than the other rail, and a pair of bails having angular ends pivotally connected to the door and connected to and mounted to oscillate u on said rails, the angular ends of the bail which are mounted upon the u per rail being longer than the angular en s of the other bail.

' 2. The combination with a car having a door 0 ening and a door adapted to be seated 1n sa1 opening, of a pa r of guide ra1ls, one

arranged above and the other below the car door opening, the guide rail above theopening supported at a greater distance from the car than the other rail, -and a pair of bails v having angular ends pivotally connected to the door and connected to and mounted to oscillate u on said rails, the angular ends of the bail w ich are mounted upon the upper rail beinglonger than the angular ends of the other bail, one of said bails arranged in close proximity to the top of the door and the other of said bails in close proximity to thebottom of the door.

3. The combination with a carhaving a door opening and a door adapted to be seated in said opening, of a pair of guide rails, one arranged above and the other below the door opening, the guide rail above the opening supported at a greater distance from the car than the other rail, a pair of bails having angular ends pivotally connected to the door and connected to and mounted to oscillate upon are mounted u on the upper rail being longer than the angu ar ends of the other bail, and means connected to the lower of said bails 'said rails,.the angular ends of the bail which 30 intermediate supporting bracket for each of "f-"whei-eby bails can be shifted upon said rails causing thereby the withdrawing of the door from said opening.

4. The combination with a car having a door ning and a door adapted to be seated in sai opening, of a pair of fixed guide rails, one arranged above and the other below the car door opening, the guide rail above the a o ening supported at a greater distance from t e car' than the other rail, a pair of bails having angular ends pivotally connected to the door and permanently connected to and.

mounted to oscillate upon said rails, the angular ends of the bail which are mounted upon the u per rail being longer than the an larems of the other bail, one of said bai s arranged in close proximity tothe top of the door and the other of said bails in close proximity to the bottom of the door, and

means connected to the lower of said bails whereby said bails can be shifted upon said rails causing thereby the withdrawing of the door from said opening.

I 5J The combination with a car having a door opening and a door adapted to be seated insai opening, of a pair of fixed guide rails,

' one, arranged above and the other below the door opening, the guide rail above the opening supported at a greater distance from the car than theother rail, a pair of end and an s'aidrails, and a pair of,bails having angular ends pivotally-connected to the door and connected to and mounted to oscillate and slide upon said rails, the angular ends of the bail which are mounted upon the upper rail being ;longer than the angular ends of the other bail, said bails when shifted upon said rails carrying the door therewith and preventing the door from swinging out at its top or its bottom, the angular ends of the bails bein on-op osite sides of the intermediate of fixed guide rails, one arranged above and I vertical almement, a pair of balls having anthe other below thedoor, said rails being out of vertical alinement', and a pair of bails having angular ends pivotally connected to the door and connected to and mounted to escillate and slide upon said rails, the angular ends of the bail which are mounted u on the upper rail being longer than the ang ar ends of the other bad, one of said bails arranged in close proximity to the top of the door and the other of said bails in close proximity to the bottom of the door, and means connected to the lower of said bails, whereby said hails can be shifted upon said rails causing thereby the withdrawing of the door from the door opening. v

7. The combination with a car, of a pair of fixed uide rails, one arranged above and the other elow the door, said railsbeing out of 7,

, to oscillate and slide u on said rails, the ang'ular ends of the ba' whichare mounted upon the u per rail being longer than the a ular en s of the other bail, one of said bal s arranged in close proximity to the top of the door and the other of said bails in close proximity to the bottom of the door, means connected to the lower of said bails, whereby said bails can be shifted upon said rods causing thereby the withdrawing of the door from a door opening, and a pair of end brackets and an intermediate supporting bracket for each of said guide rods, the angular ends of the bails bei on opposite sides of the intermediate brae ets and the opposite angular ends of each bail engagi the intermediate and an endbracket' at the imit of movement in either direction of the door when shifted and further preventing the shifting of the doorofi the rails.

8. The combination with a door, of a pair of fixed guide rails one arranged above and the other below the door, the said rails being out of vertical alinement, a pairof bails having angular ends, said bails pivotally and permanently connected to the door and havmg their angular ends provided with eyes whereby said bails are permanently connected to and mounted to oscillate and slide upon said rails, the angular ends of, the bail which are mounted upon the upper rail being lon er than the angular ends of the other bai' one of said bails arranged in close proximity to thetop of the door and the other of said bails arranged in close proximity to the bottom of the door, and means'connected tothe lower of said bails wherebysaid bails can be shifted upon said rails causing thereby the withdrawing of the door from a door opening and allowing of the bails to be shifted towards one end of the said rails.

9. The combination with a door, of a pair of fixed guide rails one arranged above and the other below the door, SZLIClIitllS out of gular ends, said bails pivotally and permanently connected to the door and having their an ular ends provided with eyes whereby said bails are permanently connected to and mounted to oscillate and slide upon said. rails, the angular ends of the bail which are mounted upon the upper i'ail being longer than the angular ends of the other bail,.one of said hails arranged in close proximity to the my e! the door and the other of said bails arranged in close proximity to the bottom of the hoor, means connected to the lower of said balls whereby said bails can be Sllll'ttli upon said rails causing thereby the withbrackets and an intermediate supporting bracket for each of said guide rails, the angular ends of the bails being on opposite sides of the intermediate brackets and the opposite angular ends of each bail engaging the intermediate and an end bracket at the 10 limit of movement in either direction of the drawing of the door from a door opening and I door when shifted and further preventing the allowing of the bails to be shifted towards one end of the said rails, and a pair of end shifting of the door off the rails.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED W. BURWELL.

Witnessesc B. H. ADAMS, F. A. ALLEN. 

